No. 7 Ledyard (9-2) vs. No. 2 St. Joseph (10-2) at Trumbull. The ties that bind — Ledyard and the host Trumbull-ites both have livestock right next to their schools. Cut us some slack here — we haven't slept in a while.

Orrin Parke ran for 108 yards and a touchdown and Garrett Burdick kicked a game-winning 40-yard field goal with 5 minutes, 15 seconds left in the nation's oldest rivalry (152 years, 1875 to present). Mike DiMauro of TEAM DAY reporting.

Two features that you should read. The first is about Ansonia's Jack Williams written by Doug Bonjour. Williams' parents both died in a little over a year.

The late George Pinho was the subject of Kyle Brennan's feature for the Citizen's News. Pinho was the father of Woodland senior Jack Pinho, coached several youth sports in Beacon Falls, Prospect and Naugatuck, and later became a Woodland assistant. He passed suddenly last January.